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(1) Application for Registration and Registration fee.— (1) Every application for registration of a society under section 8 shall be made in Form A in Marathi, Hindi or English, and shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 8 and sub-rules (2) and (3), be signed by the applicants and shall, in addition to four copies of the proposed bye-laws of the society, be accompanied by- (a) a list of persons who have contributed to the share capital, together with the amount contributed by each of them, and the entrance fee paid by them; (b) a certificate from the Bank or Banks stating the credit balance therein in favour of the proposed society; (c) a scheme showing the details explaining how the working of the society will be economically sound and where the scheme envisages the holding of immovable property by the society, the description of such property proposed to be purchased, acquired or transferred to the society; (d) such other documents as may be specified in the model bye-laws, if any, framed by the Registrar; (e) the registration fees at the following rates, namely :- Rs. (i) Agricultural Societies (a) Marketing Societies 1250 (b) Other Agricultural Societies 150 (ii) Crop Protection 250 (iii) Lift Irrigation societies 250 (iv) Consumers societies (a) Canteens 500 (b) Primary Consumer Stores in (I) Rural Area 150 (ii) Urban area 250 (c) Wholesale consumer stores 2500 (d) Departmental Consumer Stores 1600 (v) Co-operative Banks (a) Central Bank 5000 (b) Other Banks (excluding Salary 2500 Earners Co-operative Societies (c) Salary Earners Co-operative 500 Societies (vi) Farming societies (a) Collective-Farming Societies 150 (b) Joint Farming Societies 150 (c) Dairy Farming Societies 150 (vii) Housing Societies (a) Tenant ownership Housing 2500 Excluding societies societies Of Backward Class (b) Tenant Co-partnership Housing 2500 Person) Housing societies (c) Other housing societies 2500 (viii) Housing societies of backward class person 50 (ix) Processing societies (a) Agricultural Processing 1250 Societies (excluding sugar Factories and spinning mills) (b) Industrial processing societies 500 (x) Co-operative sugar factories 25000 (xi) Co-operative spinning mills 15000 (xii) producers societies (a) industrial producers societies 150 (xiii) Resource Societies (a) Credit Resource Societies 150 (Excluding salary earners soc) (I) Agriculture 150 (ii) Urban credit societies 250 (b) Non-credit resource societies 150 (c) Service resource societies 150 (xiv) General societies (a) Social 250 (b) Commercial 1250 (xv) Societies not falling under any of the above entries 500 (2) Where any member of a society to be registered is a registered society, a member of the committee of such registered society shall be authorized by that committee by a resolution to sign the application for registration and bye-laws on its behalf and a copy of such resolution shall be appended to the application. (3) Where any member of society to be registered is a firm, company, other co-operative body society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, or local authority or public trust registered under any law for the time being in force for the registration of such trust then firm, company, corporate body, society, local authority or public trust as the case may be shall duly authorize any person to sign the application for registration and the bye-laws on its behalf, and a copy of the resolution giving such authority shall be appended to the application. (4) The application shall be sent to the Registrar by registered post or delivery by hand.